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7th Middle East Geosciences Conference and Exhibition
Manama, Bahrain
March 27-29, 2006
1
Exploration
, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, 31311, Saudi Arabia, phone: 873-4595,
[email protected]
2 Area
Exploration
, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia
3 Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
The 3D seismic structure image of the Paleozoic reservoir in Tinat Gas Field southeast of Ghawar Field is enhanced to
match with the basement shape map driven from the tilt derivative mathematic filtered
gravity
data that will guide future
exploration
and development of the field. The objective of this study is to enhance the Paleozoic reservoir structure image
over Tinat Field to guide its future
exploration
and delineation. The study depended on integrating new seismic structure
maps with the tilt filtered
gravity
data and the well data. The tilt filter technique tends to enhance mapping of the subtle
magnetic and
gravity
anomalies, and maximizes characterizing the geometrical contrast of the internal basement structure
that supports the seismic structure image. Results of the study indicated strong penetrative basement structure fabric at the
Paleozoic reservoir level that might cause future semi-compartmentalization along the field. The structure setting of the field
indicates set of north- south oriented push-up fault closures over a series of basement micro-blocks. Several east-west
stress-partitioning faults dissect the field into different domains with a strike-slip transpression sense of motion. The
basement shape map driven from tilt
gravity
filtered data of the Tint field, in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, mimics to
a great extent, the seismic structure image at the top of the Late Paleozoic Unaiyza reservoir
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